使用药物通行证分析来检查VA住院护士人员和工作量在COVID-19大流行之前和期间的纵向变化:2019-2022年
Melissa K Knox1,2,3, Chase S Eck1,2,3, Lynette Dorsey4
1Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Houston, TX.
Medical care
|December 8, 2025
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,注册护士 (RN) 的员工和工作量波动. 到2022年,注册护士面临患者负载增加和更长的药物通行时间,这表明工作负载比流行前水平更高.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 护理实践 护理实践
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19大流行严重扰乱了医疗保健系统.
- 有限的国家数据存在住院护士人员和工作负载变化在疫情前和期间.
研究的目的:
- 评估在国家综合医疗保健系统内注册护士 (RN) 人员和工作负载的变化.
- 为了比较RN人员和工作量从疫情前的水平到受疫情影响的时期.
主要方法:
- 使用条形码药物管理数据进行了纵向描述性分析.
- 2019年1月至2022年12月的数据包括退伍军人卫生管理局643个住院病房的42999名员工.
- 峰值时间药物通行证 (PTM) 分析评估了员工和工作负载指标的年比年变化.
主要成果:
- 注册护士 (RN) 管理了93.6%的高峰时间药物,在流行病后的非RN参与者较少.
- 从2019年到2022年,每位RN (PPS) 的平均患者数量增加,特别是在外科病房 (+0.20).
- 在2022年,在大多数单位类型中,RN每人处理的药物更多,PTM持续时间比2019年更长.
结论:
- 住院RN人员和工作量在大流行开始时经历了显著的波动.
- 到2022年,一个明显的模式出现,表明与疫情前水平相比,RN的工作量增加.
- 调查结果强调了大流行对护理工作量和患者护理需求的持续影响.
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